Watergate / Similar games

18 games like Watergate

Ranked alternatives to Watergate (card game, political), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Watergate’s medium-light weight. Fort Sumter The Secession Crisis is the closest match.

1. 1. Fort Sumter The Secession Crisis (2018)
   2 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Action/Event, Hand Management
2. 2. InBetween (2017)
   2 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Hand Management, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Tug of War
3. 3. Chrononauts (2000)
   1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.2 · Medium-light
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
4. 4. Illuminati (1982)
   2–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.2 · Medium-light
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
5. 5. Campaign Manager 2008 (2009)
   2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
6. 6. Gang of Four (1990)
   3–4 players · 40 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
7. 7. Copycat (2012)
   2–4 players · 95 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
8. 8. Masques (2010)
   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
9. 9. Illuminati New World Order (1994)
   2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium
   Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
10. 10. 13 Minutes The Cuban Missile Crisis (2017)
    2 players · 13 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
11. 11. Iron Curtain (2017)
    2 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
12. 12. Nuclear Escalation (1983)
    2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
13. 13. Court of the Medici (2009)
    2 players · 25 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
14. 14. The Magnates A Game of Power (2014)
    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
15. 15. Rome Imperium (2001)
    2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
16. 16. Joan of Arc (1998)
    3–6 players · 180 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
17. 17. Guerilla (1994)
    3–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management
18. 18. Mr. President (1967)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Watergate: Card Game, Political, Hand Management

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